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Sports programmes

In Barcelona, we live and breathe sport from Collserola to the sea. Sport is the engine that makes the city move, that unites the people of Barcelona in the city's neighbourhoods, schools, squares, parks and streets.

Sport infuses the city with its positive values: from the educational stage, in schools, to major competitions with the celebration of championships and events with an international impact and great economic weight, through to grass-roots sport. The Catalan capital has a solid network of sports clubs, associations and entities firmly established in the city that form its sporting foundations.

In Barcelona, the Barcelona Sports Institute (IBE) and the city's various players from the world of sport give impetus to a whole series of programmes and services that aim to connect the Catalan capital and respond to the needs and demands of all Barcelona's citizens.

The various activities carried out cover diverse areas and dimensions of sport.

Sports programmes

The Barcelona Sports Institute, with the support of all the sports agents in the city, promotes the following sports activities and programmes:

Click on each dimension to find out about associated programmes and services.

Sport, city and well-being

In order to promote a healthy lifestyle among Barcelona's citizens, the Barcelona Sports Institute and the city's sport agents provide a range of facilities, amenities, sporting events and activities that make up the SPORT, CITY AND WELL-BEING dimension.

Facilities and amenities in the city

Barcelona has:

250 public and private sports facilities.

1 sports centre less than a ten-minute walk from anywhere in the city.

117 municipal sports facilities, of which 50 are sports centres, with more than 175,000 members in total.

Olympic facilities at the service of the city, where 170 sports events are held each year, with the participation of more than 265,000 people.

Public spaces that serve as sports facilities: Colserola Natural Park, Montjuïc Park, the beaches that line the sea front; a large number of parks, gardens and urban sites with 12 sports tracks for running and walking, around 200 km of cycle paths, 130 table tennis tables, 120 basketball courts and numerous petanque courts, among others.15 fitness apparatus circuits in the city's parks to encourage active ageing.

Events and activities

Programme and activities aimed at promoting public health through regular sport and physical activity. With three different programmes:

Activa’t (Get active) This takes place in 13 of the city's parks, with around a thousand participants who walk, or do Tai Chi or Chi-kung.

Camina (Walk). Promotes walking using the different routes and sports circuits available in the city. Also invites people to take part in the Barnatresc walks programme.

Practica (Practise) Encourages the active and regular participation of people who, for medical reasons, need to improve their health and well-being through exercise. They can choose between municipal sports centres and private sports centres.